Jean Gaudin

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Jean François Aimé (Théophile, Gottlieb) Philippe Gaudin (born March 18, 1766 in Longirod , † July 14, 1833 in Nyon ) was a Swiss pastor and naturalist. Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Gaudin ".

Live and act

The son of a pastor attended the Collège de Genève from 1781 and then studied theology at the University of Zurich . His interest in botany was aroused during numerous excursions during this time, which he undertook in the vicinity of Zurich.

After completing his studies, Gaudin became a pastor, initially from 1795 to 1817 in the German parish of Nyon, where he also taught mathematics and natural history. From 1817 to 1821 he was in charge of the parish in Longirod and in 1821 was appointed first pastor of the Reformed Church in Nyon, where he worked until 1833.

In addition to his main job, he remained connected to natural history and botany throughout his life. In 1815 he founded the Helvetic Society for Natural History together with Henry-Albert Gosse . For his services, he was appointed honorary professor of botany at the Lausanne Academy in 1820 . In 1811 his work Agrostologia helvetica was published , a description of grasses that made him known far beyond Switzerland.

From 1828 to 1833 he worked on the Flora helvetica , which his student Jean-Pierre Monnard completed and published in 1836. After his death, his herbarium went to the Parisian botanist Jean Gay . After his death, it was bought back by Joseph Dalton Hooker , director of the Royal Botanic Gardens in London, and returned to the Botanical Museum of the Canton of Vaud in Lausanne in exchange for another collection in 1878.

Taxa named after Gaudin

In his honor the genus Gaudinia P.Beauv. the plant family of the sweet grasses (Poaceae).

The plant species Gaudin's laser herb ( Laserpitium gaudinii ) and Gaudin's meadow knapweed ( Centaurea jacea subsp. Gaudinii ) are named after him.

Fonts

  • (1811): Agrostologia helvetica definition, descriptionemque graminum et plantarum eis affinium in Helvetia sponte nascentium complectens Parisiis, Genevae.
  • (1833): Flora Helvetica sive Historia Stirpium hucusque Cognitarum in Helvetia et in Tractibus Conterminis aut Sponte Nascentium aut in Hominis Animaliumque Usus vulgo Cultarum continuata. Vol. 7: Topographiam botanicam s. librum mannalem in usum viatoris botanophili Helvetiam peragrantis complectens. Zurich: Orell, Fuessli et Soc, 667 pp.
  • (1836): Synopsis florae helveticae. Opus posthum continuatum et editum a J (ean) P (ierre) Monnard. Turici: Orell Fuessli, 824. S.

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  • Paul-Emile Pilet: Naturalistes et biologistes à Lausanne: Recherches, enseignements et sociétés savantes en pays vaudois de 1537 à nos jours . 1993.
  • Marc Kiener: Dictionnaire des professeurs de l'Académie de Lausanne (1537-1890) . In: Etudes et documents pour servir à l'histoire de l'Université de Lausanne . 2005, p. 296-297 (692 pages).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/46948#/summary
  2. ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]

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personal data
SURNAME Gaudin, Jean
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gaudin, Jean François Aimé Philippe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss pastor and natural scientist
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1766
PLACE OF BIRTH Longirod , Switzerland
DATE OF DEATH July 14, 1833
Place of death Nyon , Switzerland